Royon

Royon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Royon
Commune
Rebuilt château
Coat of arms
Location of Royon
Royon
Royon
Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementMontreuil
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityCC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
 • MayorSerge De Hauteclocque
Area
1
7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
135
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62725 /62990
Elevation54–160 m (177–525 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Royon is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D130 road, in the valley of the Créquoise river.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
113133135127117103122
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

History

The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons [2]
The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana.[3] It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.[4]

Map of Artois by Ortellius 1576.
Détail of Royon.

Places of interest
  • The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.[5]
  • The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944.
  • The present day château, home of the current mayor.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Balandra E. : Les rideaux ou royons picards aux XIIIe et XIVe, Bull. Soc. d' émulation d'Abbeville, 1980-XXIV, p. 757-763.
  3. Gallia Christiana, XIV, p. 413, col A.
  4. Dufetelle A. : Le Marquenterre, Monographie de Quend, Imp. Nouvelle, Abbeville, 1907.
  5. Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937
  • Louis XV château, before World War II
  • Church of Saint-Germain
  • Tombstone of the de Bryas family
  • Transcription of words and symbols on the tombstone



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